Museum object · agricultural equipment
"Backpack" tool for hauling sugar cane
1850s
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Two "y" shaped, carved pieces of wood used for carrying sugar cane. Each wood piece has three notches cut into side.
- Catalog date
- 1850s
- Recorded places
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Agriculture; American South; Labor; Slavery; Sugarcane
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2014.312.18ab
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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